Throughout the United States, the legal age for marriage shows some difference.

美国各地的法定结婚年龄有所不同。

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The legal age for marriage was increased to 18 years in 1978.

1978年，法律规定的结婚年龄提高到18岁。

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Even though the Indian legal age for marriage is 18 for girls and 21 for boys, the law is often ignored.

尽管印度法律规定女孩结婚年龄为18岁，男孩为21岁，但该项法律规定经常被人忽视。

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At the heart of the controversy were changes to marriage laws, including articles that set the legal minimum age for marriage at 18, recognize only civil marriages, allow joint property ownership, expand parental rights, and extend inheritance rights to girls.

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"In Bangladesh, the legal age for marriage is 18 for girls and 21 for boys, so there's nothing wrong with the law, it's in the implementation, " says Hall.

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The country's legal minimum age for marriage was 15 till a decade ago, when the law was changed to allow for children even younger to be wed.

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